Frederick Douglass Organization

Frederick Douglass IV, Enhancing the Lives of People Living in America

• Talks to youths about the urgent need to avoid the contemporary slavery of drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gluttony, and premarital sex, especially among teens, leading to unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, stressing that males get pregnant too.

• Works continuously to stimulate dialogues between people of diverse races, creeds and colors with the emphasis on bringing about an appreciation for all cultures so that everyone can have a greater appreciation and understanding of each other.

• Encourages men step up and cease using the negative references to women in contemporary music as well as in daily conversation.

• FDIV and his wife BJ, encourage women to steadfastly resist the current trend of accepting and, referring to themselves with negative terms such as “bitch,” “ho,” etcetera.  Young men and women are encouraged to replace negative references with positive affirmations and refer to themselves as intelligent, attractive, beautiful, handsome, and leaders of the future.

Selected Achievements of Frederick Douglass IV

• Lobbied successfully to obtain more than $1 million for major improvements to the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site:
• Worked in the vanguard of leadership to secure passage of the legislation (against the odds in a Republican administration) that established the National Museum of African American History and Culture;

•  Lobbied successfully to have the narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave: Written by Himself selected as the Book of the Year in Baltimore and in the Read across America movement placing this magnificent work on required reading list.